| DP | data processing; deep pulse; definitive procedure; degradation product; degree of polymerization; de... |
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| FAP | familial adenomatous polyposis; familial amyloid polyneuropathy; fatty acid polyunsaturated; fatty a... |
| HCPCS | Health Care Financing Administration common procedural collecting system; Health Care Financing Admi... |
| IDP | immunodiffusion procedure; inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy; initial dose period; inosine dipho... |
| LEEP | left end-expiratory pressure; loop electrosurgical excision procedure |
| standard operating procedure | <microscopy> A written set of instructions detailing the normal procedures for operating a piece of equipment. WWW: Available online (05 Aug 1998) |
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| Stanley Way procedure | A radical vulvectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nick's procedure | Enlarges the aortic annulus by incising the noncoronary sinus and the roof of the left atrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Noble-Collip procedure | An obsolete procedure in which shock in rats is induced by rotating them in a drum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Norwood procedure | A complex procedure designed to treat aortic atresia with hypoplastic left heart syndrome; sometimes performed in two stages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sugiura procedure | Oesophageal transection with paraesophageal devascularization, for oesophageal varices. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Damus-Kaye-Stancel procedure | A procedure for subaortic stenosis, entails the creation of an end-to-side pulmonary trunk/aortic anastomosis, performed along with a Fontan procedure, particularly for patients with a double inlet left ventricle. Synonym: Damus-Stancel-Kaye anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dideoxy procedure | An enzymatic procedure for sequencing of DNA employing dideoxy nucleotides as chain terminators. See: Sanger method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dor procedure | A method of repairing congenital tunnel-type subaortic stenosis and narrowing of the left ventricular-aortic junction by aortoventriculoplasty and prosthetic valve replacement. Synonym: Dor procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| one-step procedure | A procedure in which a surgical biopsy is performed under general anesthesia and if cancer is found, a mastectomy or lumpectomy is done immediately as part of the same operation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Thal procedure | Correction of a benign stricturing of the lower oesophagus in which the narrowed area is opened to full-thickness longitudinally and the adjacent external gastric wall is patch sutured over this defect to restore luminal circumference and continuity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eloesser procedure | Transposition of a tonguelike pedicled skin flap from the chest wall into the depths of an incision that communicates with an empyema or peripheral lung abscess; used to prevent scar closure of the tract to insure long-term mandatory dependent drainage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endorectal pull-through procedure | Removal of diseased rectal mucosa along with resection of the lower bowel, followed by anastomosis of the proximal stump to the anus, in order to spare rectal muscle function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jatene procedure | A method of repairing congenital tunnel-type subaortic stenosis and narrowing of the left ventricular-aortic junction by aortoventriculoplasty and prosthetic valve replacement. Synonym: Dor procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ewart's procedure | Elevation of the larynx between the thumb and forefinger to elicit tracheal tugging. (05 Mar 2000) |